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TWENTY-EIGHT
ALTON
EVENING
TELEGRAPH
ftttmsi>A¥,
JUNfi
20,1963
Envision
Completion
Of
Great
River
Road
Not
Later
Than
1970
FORTY
ODD
By
Peg
Bracken
and
Rod
Lull
By
DON
E.
CHAMBERLAIN
Telegraph
Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD,
111,
(Special
—
A
husband-wife
team,
quiet
ly
promoting
public
interest
in
the
Great
River
Road,
a
pro
posed
parkway
using
both
shores
of
the
Mississippi
Riv
er
from
Canada
to
the
Gul
of
Mexico,
envision
the
road'i
completion
in
from
five
to
sev
en
years.
They
say
an
original
ly
estimated
cost
of
SI
billioi
has
been
reduced
to
$700
million.
Col.
J.
Lester
White,
the
Pilot
of
a
10-state
group
which
ha
been
pushing
the
project,
and
Mrs.
White,
co-pilot,
told
mem
bers
of
the
Illinois
General
As
sembly,
on
a
recent
visit,
here
the
road
will
have
parkways
on
both
sides
of
the
Mississippi
to
afford
5,800
miles
of
connected
roads
in
an
area
with
a
popu
lation
of
S',i
million
people.
When
completed,
by
not
later
than
1970
and
maybe
by
1968,
White
said
"it
will
be
the
long
est
parkway
in
the
world."
The
Whites
are
comparatively
newlyweds
(they
met
while
promoting
the
Great
River
Road)
Chicken
every
day!
from
the
makers
of
famouj
Strong
heart
Dog
Food
I
make
their
headquarters
in
Lancaster,
Wis.,
but
are
constantly
on
the
move
in
the
ten
states
through
which
the
Mississippi
flows,
to
promote
more
mileage.
Each
Has
Own
Group
The
10
states
each
of
which
has
its
own
state
group
and
which
are
a
part
of
the
10-sfate
Mississippi
Parkway
Commis-
stion,
are
Illinois,
Iowa,
Missouri,
Minnesota,
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
Arkansas,
Mississippi
and
Wisconsin.
Also
members
of
the
10-state
commission
are
two
Canadian
provinces,
Manitoba
and
Ontario.
The
Whites
envision
an
eventual
hookup
of
the
road
with
Alaska.
State
Sen.
Miss
Lillian
E.
Schlagenhauf
(R-Quincy),
is
chairman
of
a
regional
group
supporting
the
Parkway
project
in
four
states.
Her
assignment
includes
promotion
in
Illinois,
Iowa,
Wisconsin
and
Missouri.
Another
Illinois
group
is
an
unofficial
one
which
replaces
a
former
State
Parkway
Commission,
vetoed
by
Gov.
Otto
Kerner
two
years
ago
partly
because
of
lack
of
funds.
Miss
Schlagenhauf,
an
attorney,
is
a
member
of
the
unofficial
Illinois
group
which
is
seeking
recognition
and
a
?12,300
appropriation
for
expenses,
n
a
bill
which
has
passed
the
llinois
House
and
is
pending
in
he
Senate.
Its
sponsors
include
Reps.
George
S.
Brydia
(R-
rophetstown);
H.
B.
Ihnen
(R-
^uincy);
and
Paul
Rink
(D-
Rock
Island).
The
bill
would
recreate
the
jommission
which
Governor
!erner
discontinued
in
1961
but
allowed
it
unofficial
recognition
by
assigning
a
state
highway
ngineer
to
work
with
members
A'ho
pay
their
own
expenses,
'he
Governor
vetoed
the
commission
because
he
thought
'comprehensive
planning
could
best
be
done
by
established
agencies
of
the
executive
branch
if
government."
'Ill-Adapted'
He
said
at
the
time
that
"dur-
ng
a
period
of
14
years
general
assemblies
had
appropriated
67,500
for
a
state
parkway
com-
nission
and
that
whatever
the
merits
of
the
purpose.
I
think
he
record
to
date
adequately
demonstrates
this
kind
of
commission
is
ill-adapted
to
undertake
and
efficiently
carry
out
a
long
range
project
of
such
magnitude."
Since
then
however,
the
unofficial
state
group
has
worked
quietly
and
with
energy
to
the
point
they
feel
the
Governor
may
now
restore
official
sanction.
The
former
commission
was
headed
by
Representative
Brydia
with
other
legislative
members
including
Miss
Schlagenhauf;
Sen.
T.
Mac
Downing
(R-
Macomb);
Reps.
Ihnen
and
Frank
Holten
(D-East
St.
Louis);
and
former
State
Sen.
James
O.
Monroe
(D-Collinsville).
The
former
commission
after
its
official
status
was
taken
away
by
Kerner's
veto
continued
in
unofficial
operation,
with
a
state
highway
engineer
as
consultant.
In
addition
to
legislative
members
serving
on
it
were
public
members
Paul
S.
Cousley,
Alton
Evening
Tele-
;raph
editorial
executive,
and
Ray
W.
Osterman,
president
of
a
Rock
Island
bank.
The
House-approved
proposal
before
the
Senate,
in
addition
to
asking
for
$12,000,
the
same
amount
vetoed
by
Governor
Kerner
in
1961,
would
create
a
commission
of
five
state
representatives,
five
state
senators
and
three
public
members.
It
would
continue
promotion
of
the
parkway
as
well
as
continue
to
seek
federal
parks
for
Illinois
along
the
Illinois
Parkway's
route.
Told
It
Will
Be
signed
The
Whites
are
reported
to
have
been
told
Governor
Kerner
will
sign
the
pending
bill
if
it
is
approved
by
the
Senate.
They
say
each
of
the
ten
states
are
continuing
to
build
new
roads
and
improve
old
ones.
He
said
Illinois
is
"making
great
progress,"
that
"it
has
completed
putting
up
'Great
River
Road'
markers
from
East
Dubuque,
in
the
north,
to
Cairo
at
t
he
southernmost
end
of
the
state."
Other
states,
White
said,
are
working
on
the
project
continuously.
All
but
Tennessee
and
Louisiana,
he
said,
have
road
markers.
In
those
two
states,
he
said,
they
will
complete
putting
up
markers
(which
consists
of
replica
of
a
river
steamboat's
wheel
with
the
words
"Great
River
Road"
and
"Illinois"
around
the
outside
rim
of
the
.vheel)
when
construction
is
fin-
shed.
The
total
length
of
the
Illinois
•oute
of
the
Parkway
in
573
miles
the
Whites
said,
and
Illinois,
they
added,
will
benefit
more
than
any
of
the
other
nine
states
because
its
roads
will
be
more
accessible
to
an
expected
large
tourist
traffic
and
also
because
when
all
mileage
in
the
state
is
completed
it
will
have
almost
600
miles
of
travel,
more
than
any
other
state.
The
Whites
are
now
"work-
ENTIRE
STOCK
OF
GARDENING
SUPPLIES
AND
EQUIPMENT
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BARGAIN
PRICES!
•
Power
Mowers
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•
Fertilizers
•
Grass
Seed
•
Garden
Hose
•
Sprinklers
•
Wheel
Barrows
•
Power
Mower
Wheels
•
Grass
Clippers
"Early
Birds"
will
get
best
choice!
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$4.09
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"Frank,
guess
where
I
finally
found
my
white
gloves?
In
the
glove
compartment!"
ing"
Wisconsin,
Illinois
and
Iowa
and
will
be
in
Minnesota
next
month.
The
overall
Parkway
Commission
will
hold
its
annual
conference
in
Minneapolis
on
July
21-24
and
after
further
travel
in
Minnesota
the
Whites
will
go
to
Kenora,
Ontario,
which
they
will
work
out
of
in
August,
and
then
move
to
Winnepeg,
Manitoba.
The
reduced
estimated
cost
of
completion
of
the
Great
River
Road
from
$1
billion
to
$700
million,
White
said,
was
accomplished
through
the
cooperation
and
enthusiasm
of
each
of
the
ten
states
in
building
new
local
roads
and
extending
and
improving
old
roads
which
either
have
been
hooked
up
or
will
be
added
to
the
routing
of
the
Parkway.
A
mixture
of
coffee
and
bananas
is
a
favorite
drink
in
Uganda.
Lions,
Civic
Center
to
Sponsor
Teenage
Dance
GODFREY
—
A
free
dance
for
members
of
the
nelwy
formed
Godfrey
Teen
Club
will
be
staged
from
8:30
to
11
p.m.
Friday
evening
at
the
Civic
Center
it
was
announced
today.
The
15-piece
Alton
DeMolay
teenage
dance
band
will
furnish
the
music.
The
club
is
sponsored
by
t
h
e
Godfrey
Lions
Club
and
the
Civic
Center.
Orville
Brown
of
the
Lions
and
Paul
Laflin
of
the
Civic
Center
are
co-chairman
of
the
dances.
Chaperones
will
be
furnished
for
each
dance
and
refreshments
will
be
available.
All
youths
from
the
ninth
through
the
twelfth
grades
in
the
SWITCH
DES
MOINES,
Iowa
WV-Robert
Asbille
of
Des
Moines
picked
up
the
wrong
sack
when
he
left
home
for
work
the
other
day.
What
he
thought
was
his
lunch
sack
turned
out
to
contain
21
lollipops.
And
his
8-year-old
daughter
Jeanne
took
a
couple
of
sandwiches
to
school
for
a
class
party.
Alton-Godfrey
area
will
be
welcomed.
If
cows
could
.they'd
give
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